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OT organizing binge
Some may say I have wy too much time on my hands, but this morning at the
supermarket they had nice plastic hangers in the perfect color to match our dressing room and a giveaway price. So I bought tons of them. And just finished going through all DH's shirts. Tossed out lots that no longer fit or he hasn't worn for years. Put the rest on the beautiful hangers, all facing the same direction, and organized by color. He thinks I'm nuts. But he didn't tell me to stop! To get back on topic, a couple of the tossed ones will become stash :-) Roberta in D |
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Roberta Zollner wrote:
Some may say I have wy too much time on my hands, but this morning at the supermarket they had nice plastic hangers in the perfect color to match our dressing room and a giveaway price. So I bought tons of them. And just finished going through all DH's shirts. Tossed out lots that no longer fit or he hasn't worn for years. Put the rest on the beautiful hangers, all facing the same direction, and organized by color. He thinks I'm nuts. But he didn't tell me to stop! To get back on topic, a couple of the tossed ones will become stash :-) Roberta in D I think I need to do the same thing to DH's section of our joint wardrobe... He occupies 2/3 of it! I bet not many women have half as many clothes as their husbands! Mind you, I tossed a of mine pile into the To Go heap yesterday coz they got too big all of a sudden... Charity shop run in the near future! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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You women are brave. I couldn't anymore go through DH's shirts he
doesn't wear than a whirlwind in a cup. He's one of those "I might need it" types and has things in his closet he hasn't worn in years. As to using the leftovers for stash, "mahvelis" idea! I just recently cut up an old pair of my pants (imagine--they got a little small....) and used them in a quilt for SIL for Christmas. My hat's off to you both, Roberta and Kate! |
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Good going, Roberta! I was wondering if you saved any shirts for quilts. g
Then, I saw that you did. I've made a couple of quilts out of DH's old shirts. -- Ginger "Roberta Zollner" wrote in message ... Some may say I have wy too much time on my hands, but this morning at the supermarket they had nice plastic hangers in the perfect color to match our dressing room and a giveaway price. So I bought tons of them. And just finished going through all DH's shirts. Tossed out lots that no longer fit or he hasn't worn for years. Put the rest on the beautiful hangers, all facing the same direction, and organized by color. He thinks I'm nuts. But he didn't tell me to stop! To get back on topic, a couple of the tossed ones will become stash :-) Roberta in D |
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LOL...and here I thought I was nuts (or as DH says, anal retentive). My
big thing is the wire hangers, which, of course brings "Mommy Dearest" to mind. However, they are strictly for dry cleaners, not for my house. I had everything organized in the closet at one time, but DH gets things confused and things get messed up. After the 3rd time of straightening, I gave up. Larisa, who still gets a kick out of DH not remembering which drawer his socks are in Roberta Zollner wrote: Some may say I have wy too much time on my hands, but this morning at the supermarket they had nice plastic hangers in the perfect color to match our dressing room and a giveaway price. So I bought tons of them. And just finished going through all DH's shirts. Tossed out lots that no longer fit or he hasn't worn for years. Put the rest on the beautiful hangers, all facing the same direction, and organized by color. He thinks I'm nuts. But he didn't tell me to stop! To get back on topic, a couple of the tossed ones will become stash :-) Roberta in D |
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You'll be back to your half after you buy all those smaller new clothes!
But women's clothes *are* smaller, less bulky, so take up less space even one for one. The thing I love about the house we bought is the dedicated dressing room. A whole roomful of closets! One for outdoor coats etc. One for storage. DH has 3 for himself and I have 4 :-) Roberta in D "Kate Dicey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Roberta Zollner wrote: Some may say I have wy too much time on my hands, but this morning at the supermarket they had nice plastic hangers in the perfect color to match our dressing room and a giveaway price. So I bought tons of them. And just finished going through all DH's shirts. Tossed out lots that no longer fit or he hasn't worn for years. Put the rest on the beautiful hangers, all facing the same direction, and organized by color. He thinks I'm nuts. But he didn't tell me to stop! To get back on topic, a couple of the tossed ones will become stash :-) Roberta in D I think I need to do the same thing to DH's section of our joint wardrobe... He occupies 2/3 of it! I bet not many women have half as many clothes as their husbands! Mind you, I tossed a of mine pile into the To Go heap yesterday coz they got too big all of a sudden... Charity shop run in the near future! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Raye Ahn wrote:
You women are brave. I couldn't anymore go through DH's shirts he doesn't wear than a whirlwind in a cup. He's one of those "I might need it" types and has things in his closet he hasn't worn in years. I have permission to throw out anything of his. Yes, Anything. If I thought it got in the way of my organization or the neatness of the house, I am allowed to toss it without asking. Now, mind, he probably feels really safe with that- I'm a packrat who saves everything. But it's nice to know I have such carte blanche. He also knows I'd freak if he tossed my stuff without asking. -georg |
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Roberta Zollner wrote:
You'll be back to your half after you buy all those smaller new clothes! But women's clothes *are* smaller, less bulky, so take up less space even one for one. The thing I love about the house we bought is the dedicated dressing room. A whole roomful of closets! One for outdoor coats etc. One for storage. DH has 3 for himself and I have 4 :-) Oh, I'd LOVE that! One whole closet for historical stuff, one for special stash, one for clothes I actually wear, and a spare one just in case... Little Sis has just had her little dressing area fitted with hanging cupboards and drawer space. Looks ever so good! I'd have been tempted to leave it as one big closet and fill it with rails, but it sure looks great! All the drawers are built into the eves so they don't take up valuable standing space! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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The thing with wire ones, they take less space on the rack. Ugly but sort of
practical. And back in my gainfully employed days, when we sent the shirts out, they came home and got shoved right in the closet. Lucky if I had time to take the plastic off first! Now we don't have to put up with space shortages any more. Roberta in D "CNYstitcher" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... LOL...and here I thought I was nuts (or as DH says, anal retentive). My big thing is the wire hangers, which, of course brings "Mommy Dearest" to mind. However, they are strictly for dry cleaners, not for my house. I had everything organized in the closet at one time, but DH gets things confused and things get messed up. After the 3rd time of straightening, I gave up. Larisa, who still gets a kick out of DH not remembering which drawer his socks are in Roberta Zollner wrote: Some may say I have wy too much time on my hands, but this morning at the supermarket they had nice plastic hangers in the perfect color to match our dressing room and a giveaway price. So I bought tons of them. And just finished going through all DH's shirts. Tossed out lots that no longer fit or he hasn't worn for years. Put the rest on the beautiful hangers, all facing the same direction, and organized by color. He thinks I'm nuts. But he didn't tell me to stop! To get back on topic, a couple of the tossed ones will become stash :-) Roberta in D |
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"georg" wrote in message
... Raye Ahn wrote: You women are brave. I couldn't anymore go through DH's shirts he doesn't wear than a whirlwind in a cup. He's one of those "I might need it" types and has things in his closet he hasn't worn in years. I have permission to throw out anything of his. Yes, Anything. If I thought it got in the way of my organization or the neatness of the house, I am allowed to toss it without asking. Now, mind, he probably feels really safe with that- I'm a packrat who saves everything. But it's nice to know I have such carte blanche. He also knows I'd freak if he tossed my stuff without asking. -georg I have DH's permission to toss any work clothes that I find are worn or stained as I'm doing laundry and ironing. He says he needs to look good at work and isn't awake enough in the mornings to check to make sure his clothes look good, so he just prefers that I get rid of the ones that don't measure up any more. Of course, occasionally he laughingly accuses me of retiring a shirt because I wanted it for a quilt. G -- Ginger (in Texas) http://photos.yahoo.com/gingerbread1958 |
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